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Peaceful Man
04:12
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“Have you ever lost a friend?
Do you ever wonder what miserly revelation
Is lurking down the bend?”
Well I say “Ted don’t tempt me
You know I’d never think such earthly things,
At least not since Julie left me.”
I see two men hitchhiking on the shoulder of the interstate
But I’m preoccupied with the question.
So when I let Ted off at the depot parking lot
I take a long drive in a new direction.
Alarm! Alarm, alarm!
Hotel bar, week in the car.
Alarm! Alarm, alarm!
Hotel, week in the car.
And I start thinking to myself
Is there a point in this suffering?
Am I just acting out my conditioning?
Driving Fargo to Michigan.
Counting streetlights at dawn
When I see two men fighting to death on the shoulder of the interstate.
Goddammit I’m a peaceful man
But goddamn I gotta do what I can.
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2. |
Water
02:24
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“There’s water way out past all of the water that we’re looking at,”
Cherry says to me that it’s all a mystery
“I believe that there’s something fishy here”
And she laughs
And i start to laugh also
“It’s water either way you go” i start to tell her
Then stop
I know cherry decides who to languish beside
It is an honor
A mystery
Probably proof the lord’s existing
But no God would let the railway workers’ union collapse
And I am still fitting both pieces together
Then in the water
I see Cherry,
I see reflected airplanes scatter in her wake and form again.
Man you know they used to make those things in America.
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3. |
You Can Smile Again
01:49
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4. |
Grateful/Disaster
01:37
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White noise flickers on and off the phone
But you don't wanna be alone
Well me neither!
There's something latent in your whisper
Nobody's grateful for disaster
But I know you gotta go and you know I'm gonna come home
Brown eyes flicker underneath the frames
Well it's nice to be back again
But I get anxious
Is something awful in the distance?
There's something aching in my instinct
But we got some food to grow and a whole life to call our own
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6. |
Return
03:13
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Have you looked long into the hearts of evil men?
Have you looked long into the peach pit, July sunset?
Have you walked through West Philadelphia
In the acid rain,
Wondering if your lover could return again?
Well anything can happen.
So would it be okay if I stay with you today?
Won’t you
Come away from narcissistic reflections?
Aren’t I somebody here to receive you?
Well I could be a friend
If you need someone to confide in,
Or another fool to fight it out against.
Well anything can happen.
So would it be okay if I stay with you today?
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7. |
Long Seasons
01:38
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Catch cherry sweating on the front lawn
Heart heavy ever since the air’s gone
I ask her ‘dont you wanna go in?’
She’s hopin i’ll linger for the evening
Watch neighbors packing in the carports
Hot weather chasing everyone north
Long season’s blessing for the whole street
Long seasons only if we’re lucky
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8. |
Intro to Rumi
00:41
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9. |
Rumi
03:29
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I don’t think that
Anyone knew him like I did.
In the morning he placed freesias
In the window
Pain he felt would not mend,
Trimming the flowers to their stems.
Did anyone know him like I did?
In the summer he played
Banjo by the ocean.
Pain I felt would not mend,
Trimming the flowers to their stems.
I don’t think that
Anyone knew him like I did.
In the evening I plant lilacs
By the willow.
Marks a grave, marked our names.
But the stone says:
“Only God can save.”
I’ll meet you there.
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10. |
Hey at the Party
03:55
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Love is a party / in a small room:
Charming and crowded / smells of your perfume
The noise is a grey cloud / dense and dreary
I watch your lips move / hope that you hear me
And then when it winds down,
I stumble outside
Find you on the sidewalk
Making familiar the morning
I said, "hey
I had a good time tonight"
You said, "hey
me too"
I said, "we can hang around
and watch the sun come up
if you want to?"
And so we sat and talked some more
I tucked your voice between my ears
I let it teach me sweetly-
As long as I'm with you,
Love is a party
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11. |
2am Music
01:48
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